(intro)  G5 D5 C5 and things like that at one point you just kinda compromise with that

C5                G5             D5               C5      
Standing in line marking time, waiting for the welfare dime
 C5                G5
'Cause they can't find a job
C5                        G5
The man in the silk suit hurries by                             
D5                          C5                                  G5
As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes just for fun he says, "Get a job"

(chorus)
 G5                      
That's just the way it is
C5
Some things will never change
G5                       
That's just the way it is
C5                      G5
But don't you believe them

(verse 2)
C5                       G5             D5               C5
They say hey little boy you can't go where the others go
 G5                              C5
'Cause you don't look like they do
C5                G5                    D5          C5
Said hey old man how can you stand to think that way
C5                    G5                            C5               G5
Did you really think about it before you made the rules, he said, son

(chorus)
 (piano solo)


(verse 3)
C5                         G5                  D5              C5 
Well they passed a law in '64 To give those who ain't got a little more
C5                   G5                   
But it only goes so far 
            C5                G5     
because the law don't change another's mind
     D5                  C5                              G5
When all it sees at the hiring time is the line on the color bar

(final chorus) Same chords
That's just the way it is
Some things will never change
That's just the way it is
Thats just the way it is, it is, it is, it is


(outro)